Anglesey has seen its recycling rate increase to a sizeable 66 per cent, up 10 per cent on 2015/16, thanks to the introduction of a three-weekly residual waste collection service and improved recycling options.

An application for an environmental permit by nuclear energy company Horizon for its £10-billion Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on Anglesey is to be put before the public by Natural Resources Wales.

Social enterprise recycling company Bryson Recycling has been awarded a contract to continue delivering kerbside recycling services to over 14,500 homes in the Northern Ireland authority of Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council.

A new campaign from Recycle for London aims to increase recycling by showing Londoners how to create more bin space inside their homes.

Councillors in Brighton and Hove unanimously passed a motion to ban the use of single-use plastics in all council buildings last week.

The world’s first fully-electric, rear-loading refuse collection vehicle – Geesinknorba’s Li-On Power Pro – is set to be unveiled at London’s Future Fleet Forum in January.

The government’s actions on plastic bottle and coffee cup recycling have been criticised by the Environmental Audit Committee as part of its inquiry into the impact of disposable drinks packaging.

One in five councils in the UK have now run MetalMatters campaigns to boost recycling of metal packaging after seven new campaigns launched over the past two months.

Northern Ireland has seen its recycling rate break the 50 per cent mark for the first time, according to the latest DAERA statistics.

The Environment Minister Therese Coffey has announced plans to almost double the maximum fines for littering to claw back some of the £800 million paid every year by the taxpayer.